Angola

As of June 2015, FEWS NET shifted from regular monthly reporting on Angola to periodic, special reporting. Currently, analysts monitor the food security situation in the country and draft reports as needed to provide early warning or in-depth analysis of drivers of food insecurity.

Final estimates for high producing areas are beginning to reflect an average season for most of the country. However, production in Cunene Province is now expected to be worse than the drought-affected 2011-2012 season, and production in Huila Province is expected to be below average. In parts of Cunene, basic staple food supplies are scarce and poor households find it difficult to access these supplies in markets.

A combination of extreme dryness and Foot-and-mouth disease has already caused a high number of cattle deaths in the southern region. In Cunene an estimated 1,000 cattle died, and Cuando Cubango experienced 1,500 deaths. This situation is further hindering pastoralist coping strategies within the southern region. Households face difficulty generating income needed to acquire food in the market. Stressed (IPC Phase 2) outcomes are expected to continue through September.

Since Huila typically supplies food deficit areas in Namibe and Cunene, below-average crop prospects are expected to have a negative impact on the volume of staple food supplies that flow to Namibe and Cunene this year. As of late May, maize prices have increased by 15 percent in Namibe and 21 percent in Ondjiva, Cunene, since the previous month.